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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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of Detroits wealthiest business men, and will build fromToledo to Monroe, and from Monroe to Monroe Beach fa distanceof about 22 miles), an electric road of the very best character. It has placed the building and equipping of the road in the hand<of J. G. White & Co. (well-known contractors and engineers, of29 Broadway, New York), who will survey the route, plan thespecial structures, power house, cars, etc., and supervise the in-stallation of the entire outfit, turning over the road in completeworking order. The specifications for apparatus arc complete andcover the very latest and best types. The power house will be equipped with an alternating currentplant, and current will be distributed to sub-stations at a poten-tial of 15,000 volts and there converted to direct current at 6covolts. The cars will be quite similar to those used on the NiagaraFalls & Buffalo road (which was built and equipped by J. G.White & Co.), and will be equipped with sufTicient motor capacity
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SNOW PI,OWS—B.\NGOR, OKONO ,>t OLD lOWN KV. A MAINE SNOW PLOW. We are indebted to Mr. W. G. Rice, superintendent of the Ban-gor, Orono & Old Town Railway Co., of Bangor, Me., for theaccompanying illustration and description of a snow plow built inthe shops of that company. The company formerly had two snowplows like that shown at the right in the engraving, and the truckfrom one of these was lengthened for the new plow and the nosesfastened at the ends. The noses are about 8 ft. 8 in. wide at the baseand arc built of white oak covered with ;4-in. iron plates. Whenthe wings at the rear of the nose are extended the snow is cleared fora distance of 6 ft. on either side of the track. In front of the wheels are the ordinary diggers to clear the rail forthe wheel flanges. The noses have a vertical movement of about 12in. and the position is readily controlled by means of hoisting appa-ratus, which is easily operated by one man. The details of this wereworked out by the companys for

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